New
York State Department of Corrections Resource Guide & Employment Information

THE
POSITION OF NEW YORK STATE CORRECTIONS OFFICER:

Candidates
must be 21 years of age on or before the date of their appointment Correction
Officer positions are located throughout New York State in various facilities
of the NYS Department of Correctional Services. As a Correction Officer, under
the direct supervision of a higher-ranking officer, you would be responsible for
the custody and security, as well as the safety and well-being of criminal offenders
in State Correctional Facilities and Correctional Camps. You would supervise the
movement and activities of inmates; make periodic rounds of assigned areas; conduct
searches for contraband; maintain order within the facility; and prepare reports
as necessary. You would advise inmates on the rules and regulations governing
the operation of the facility and assist them in resolving problems. You would
have a high degree of responsibility for your actions and decisions. You may also
be required to carry firearms in the performance of certain duties and to perform
other related work as required.

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The majority
of jobs in the New York State Department of Correctional Services are
filled by Correction Officers, who are required to pass a written Civil
Service exam and undergo extensive medical, psychological, and background
checks. Correction Officer positions are located throughout New York
State in various facilities of the Department of Correctional Services.
Correction Officers are responsible for the custody and security as
well as the safety and well being, of criminal offenders in State Correctional
Facilities.

Most correctional officers
are employed in large regional jails or State and Federal prisons, watching
over the approximately one million offenders who are incarcerated in
Federal and State prisons at any given time. In addition to jails and
prisons, a relatively small number of correctional officers oversee
individuals being held by the Immigration and Naturalization Service
before they are released or deported, or they work for correctional
institutions that are run by private for-profit organizations. While
both jails and prisons can be dangerous places to work, prison populations
are more stable than jail populations, and correctional officers in
prisons know the security and custodial requirements of the prisoners
with whom they are dealing.

Forensic Science Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the
application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest
to the legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or to a civil
action.A
forensic scientist is first a scientist. When he applies his scientific
knowledge to assist juries, attorneys, and judges in understanding science,
he is a forensic scientist. Forensic scientists are thinkers, good with
details, good with putting pieces of a puzzle together, and curious.
Some scientists work in laboratories and some also go out to places
where crimes are committed (crime scenes). Others teach in colleges
and universities.There
are six general areas of forensic science.
· medical examiner,
· crime laboratory analyst,
· crime scene examiner,
· forensic engineer
· academic assistance - psychology
· technical assistance

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